From: ASSESSMENT OF SPECIES DIVERSITY IN THE MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE
Mushrooms, Lichens and other Fungi Chapter
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Cryptoporus volvatus - an unusual species of polypore which encloses its under surface with a membrane perforated with one large hole. The layer of tubes is hidden within the internal cavity. The fungus typically grows on recently killed, still standing conifers.